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Hasan Hadi’s ‘The President’s Cake’ Sells to France and Benelux Ahead of World Premiere in Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)
Sales agency Films Boutique has closed two key territories on Hasan Hadi’s “The President’s Cake” ahead of its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival.
“The President’s Cake” was filmed entirely in Iraq with a cast of local non-actors, who included Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Sajad Mohamad Qasem, Waheed Thabet Khreibat and Rahim AlHaj. Hadi grew up in southern Iraq during wartime, and over the years worked in journalism, production, and as an adjunct professor at NYU’s Graduate Film Program. There will be market screenings for the recent Berlinale competition title “Girls on Wire” by Vivian Qu and “Where the Wind Comes From” by Amel Guellaty, which also premiered in Sundance earlier this year.
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